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Mawlana Jami on Imam Husayn 'alayhisalam: translation of asection

from Jami's Shawhid al Nabuwwah

Translated by Asif J Naqshbandi-Jama'ati

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

The following is a slightly abridged translation of the entry on ImamHusayn `alayhisalam from the Urdu translation of Mawlana Jami`s

Shawahid al Nabuwwah, pages 303-9, by Bashir Hussain Nazim [MahalPublishers, Delhi, 1989].

Hazrat Mawlana Nuruddin Abdur Rahman Jami (may his secret besanctified!) writes:

He is the third Imam and the Father of the Imams. His agnomen [kunya]

is Abu Abdullah and his titles are Shahd [martyr] and Sayyid[master]. His birth took place on Sunday, 4th Sha'ban al Mubarak, 4

AH in Madina the Illuminated. His period of gestation [time in thewomb] was only 6 months.

His pure lordship, the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam named himHusayn. His beauty was such that when he sat in the dark the radiance

from his forehead and cheeks would light up both near and afar. Heresembled the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam in appearance fromthe chest to his feet and resembled Imam Hassan from his chest to hishead. His lordship sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam remarked that `Husayn

is from me and I am from Husayn. Whoever keeps Husayn as a friend youalso be friends with him because Husayn is a son from amongst my

sons.'

The Hasanayn wrestle

One day Hazrat Imam Hassan and Imam Husayn began to wrestle. TheProphet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam said to Imam Hassan, `O Hassan!Grab Husayn!' The Lady Fatima said, ` O Messenger of Allah! You tellthe older one to grab the younger?' His lordship sal Allahu alayhi wasallam answered, `But Gabriel too is telling Husayn to grab Hassan!'

The dream of Umm al Hrith

It is narrated from Hazrat Umm al Hrith (may Allah be pleased withher!) that I (Umm al Hrith) went into the presence of the Prophetand said that I have seen a dream which has frightened me. TheProphet said, `What did you see?' I replied, `I saw that a piece of

flesh was cut from your body and placed in my lap.' The Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam said, `Soon Fatima will bring a boy who will

be in your lap.' Shortly after this Hazrat Imam Husayn was born.

Imam Husayn in the eyes of the Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam)

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One day the Prophet had placed Imam Husayn alayhisalam on his rightshoulder and his son Hazrat Ibrahim alayhisalam on his left shoulderwhen Gabriel came and said, `Allah Almighty will not let them bothremain with you together. He will call one of them back [to Himself].

Now you can choose whichever one of these two you like.' His lordship

sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam replied, `If Husayn goes then Fatima, Aliand myself will be hurt and if Ibrahim dies my soul will feel the

greater sorrow. Therefore I prefer my own sorrow.' Three days afterthis event transpired Hazrat Ibrahim alayhisalam passed away.

Whenever Imam Husayn alayhisalam would come into the presence of theProphet, his lordship sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam would kiss his browand bid him welcome and say, `I sacrificed my son Ibrahim for him!'

Hazrat Umm Salma and the dust of Karbala

Hazrat Umm Salma (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that onenight his lordship alayhisalam went out of the house and came back

after quite a long time. I noticed that his hair was dishevelled andfull of dust and enquired, `O' Messenger of Allah! In what state am Iseeing you today?' The Prophet alayhisalam answered, `Tonight they[angels] took me to such a place which is in Iraq and which is calledKarbala. This is the place where Husayn will be martyred. There I

witnessed my children and I picked up some of their blood from theground which is in my hand'. His lordship then opened his hand and

said, `Hold this! Keep it safe.' I took it and looked at it and itwas red earth. Then I placed it in a bottle and fastened its top very

firmly. When Hazrat Husayn bin `Ali journeyed to Iraq I took out thisbottle every day and looked at it. The earth in it remained as it

was. When I looked at it on the day of Ashura it had turned to fresh

blood. I understood that people had martyred Hazrat Husayn .I wept agreat deal but for fear of the enemies I stopped short of wailing.When the news of his martyrdom came it was on that very same day

[that I had seen the blood in the bottle].

His martyrdom happened on the Day of Ashura in the year 41 AH. Atthat time his age was 57.

The news of the martyrdom of Husayn alayhisalam

Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that one daythe Messenger sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam was with Gabriel

alayhisalam when suddenly Husayn came and joined them. Gabriel

alayhisalam asked: `Who is this?' His lordship replied, `This is myson.' Saying this the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam placedHusayn in his lap. Gabriel remarked, `He will be martyred very

shortly.' The Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam asked, `Who willmarty him?' Gabriel answered, `Your nation [ummah]. If you say so I

will also tell you the place where he will be martyred.'

Afterwards Gabriel alayhisalam indicated towards Karbala and grippedsome red earth and showed it to the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa

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sallam and said that this is the earth from the place of Husayn'smartyrdom.

It is narrated from Hazrat Sayyidina Imam Zayn al `Abidin alayhisalamthat when we set off towards Kufa that there was no place where we

rested or stopped that Imam Husayn alayihsalam didn't mention Hazrat

Yahya ibn Zakariyya alayhisalam [John the Baptist].

Sa'd ibn Jubayr narrates from Hazrat Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allahbe pleased with them all) that the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa

sallam received revelation [wahy] that We destroyed seventy thousandpeople in return for the murder of John the Baptist and we willdestroy double the amount for the murder of your (grand) son.

It is proved with strong evidences that no one from amongst themurderers of Imam Husayn alayhisalam or their helpers remained whowas not disgraced before his death. All of them were either murdered

or fell into great calamities.

The outcome for the murderers of Husayn alayhisalam

A trustworthy narrator says that when the heads of Ubaydullah ibnZiyad and his comrades were brought to the mosque in Kufa and wereplaced there. I too went there. I heard people saying, `It has come!It has come!' At last a snake appeared and sat between their heads.Then it went up the nose of Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad and then after a

while it came out and went away until it disappeared from our eyes.Again people started saying, `It has come! It has come!' and the same

snake appeared again and did exactly as it had done before.

Shimr bin Ziljawshan found some gold from amongst the provisions of

Imam Husayn alayhisalam which he gave some of it to his daughter. Hisdaughter gave it to a goldsmith in order to have some ornaments madefrom it. When the goldsmith placed that gold in the fire it

disappeared into it! When Shimr heard about this he summoned thegoldsmith and gave him the remainder of the gold and told him toplace it in the fire in front of me. When the goldsmith did so it too

disappeared into the fire. Likewise there is a narration that thetyrants slaughtered some camels belonging to Imam Husayn which hadsurvived and made kebabs out of them. They tasted so bitter that none

of them was able to eat the meat.

Sorrow expressed at the martyrdom of Imam Husayn alayhisalam

A trustworthy narrator says that I asked a person from the tribe ofTayy who came to us if he had heard the jinn mourning Imam Husayn

alayisalam with elegies [noha]? He said, `Yes. But do not askeveryone from this tribe about it because they will all begin to tellyou things about this matter.' I replied, `I feel it is best only to

ask you as you yourself have heard it from them.' He said, `I haveheard them say this:

The Prophet kissed his foreheadhe whose cheeks are radiant and

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shiningHis fathers and forefathers are elevated and belong to the noblest of

families!'

Events in Madina relating to the martyrdom of Imam Husayn

When some wretched people expressed joy at the martyrdom of ImamHusayn alayhisalam during the khutba [Friday sermon] the following

verses were heard that night in Madina although no one could be seenreciting them:

O ye who have killed Husayn out of ignoranceGlad tidings are given thee about a disgraceful punishment

The creatures of the heavens whether prophets or angelsAre, all of them, wishing you naught but ill

And may you be cursed by the tongue of Solomon son of David

And by Jesus who is the bringer of the Gospels!

One of the holy warriors [ghazi] who was in the land of Byzantium[Rm] narrates that I saw the following couplet written in a

synagogue:

Do those people who martyred Imam Husayn stillExpect intercession from his Ancestor on the Day of Reckoning?

When I asked who wrote this couplet the people of the synagogue saidthat they did not know.

Imam Husayn's head atop a spear

Hazrat Zayd ibn Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates thatwhen Ibn Ziyad ordered that the blessed head of Imam Husayn

alayhisalam be placed atop a spear and paraded through the streets ofKufa, I was standing near the window of my house. When the Imam'sblessed head passed by me I heard the following voice coming from it:

Or, do you think that the Fellows of the Cave and the Inscriptionwere of Our wonderful signs? (Qur'an 18: 09)

The hairs at the back of my neck stood up at this and I shoutedout, `By God! This head is that of the grandson of the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam and such a voice emanating from it is a

wonder indeed!'

The heavens rain blood

Muammar and Zahri (Allah have mercy on them both!) were sitting inthe gathering of Abd al Malik ibn Marwan when Walid asked, `Who

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amongst you can tell me the state of the stones in Bayt al Maqdis[Jerusalem] on the day Husayn was martyred?'

Imam Zahri said: `I have been informed that on that day whicheverstone was lifted fresh blood was found beneath it.'

It is narrated from another person that when Imam Husayn alayhisalamwas martyred it began to rain blood from the sky and every thing ofours became covered in blood and also the sky appeared covered in

blood for many days afterwards.

Thus ends the translation from Mawlana Jami's book. Peace andblessings be upon Our Master, the Beloved of Allah sal Allahu alayhi

wa sallam and upon his Companions and his Progeny and especially onthe Prince of Martyrs, our master Imam Husayn `alayhisalam until the

Day of Judgement. And all praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.